Fall Birthdays, The Teddy Bear Band, A New Niece, A Wedding, and the Rain

Fall Birthdays: Nicholas 14, Brenden 13, Tyler 9, and J.T. 4.

September 12th we went to see The Teddy Bear Band at Living Faith Church in Circle Pines.  Luke & J.T. loved it.

On September 19th we got to meet our new niece, Viola Grace.  She was born on August 24th and is Todd's youngest brother, Ricardo's baby girl.  She is named after Todd's Grandma Vi. 

After meeting Viola, we went to Todd's cousin, Wendy's wedding.

It is always fun to play in the rain!  :)

Duluth Elegance and Beauty

This weekend we went to Duluth to get away and relax.  Friday night we went on the Elegant Dinner Train on the North Shore Scenic Railroad.  It was such a great evening!  We highly recommend it!

Camping and JT's 4th Birthday

At the end of July, we took 7 of the kids camping again this year.  It was very, very hot, but everyone still had a great time.

Maddie & Nana washing dishes.

Tyler, Luke, Nicholas, & Brenden by the camp fire.

Uncle Todd & Tyler roasting hot dogs.

Brenden, Nicholas, Evan, Tyler, Maddie, J.T., Nana, and Luke

Today is J.T.'s 4th Birthday

J.T. and Great Grandma A

The 4th of July in Duluth

Throwing rocks in Lake Superior.

Sparklers

Fireworks

J.D.'s Graduation Party and Bobby & Emily's Wedding

J.D.'s Graduation Party and Emily Hjelvik & Bobby Ritter's wedding were both on Saturday.  Of course, because events that you really want to go to always fall on the same day.  :)

We stopped by in the morning to give J.D. his present.

They really had the garage looking festive!

Do you like the life-size cut out of J.D.?

We were asked to be one of the two sets of Host & Hostess.  J.T. even had a boutonniere.  :)  He wasn't happy because Uncle Todd made him put down his tool box for the picture.

J.T. with his tool box.  He brought it so he could fix things if anything broke.  :)

Emily & her dad, Dave.

Dave officiated Emily & Bobby's ceremony.

A very happy couple and a very proud father!

Mr. & Mrs. Ritter

J.T. under one of the trees at Shamrock Farm.

On the balcony of the barn.

Cutting the cake.

First Dance

J.D. Graduates from High School! Congratulations, J.D.!

Our nephew, J.D., graduated last night from Chaska High School!

Before the ceremony, they had a slideshow of all of the graduates.  Here are all of the photos from J.D.'s 4 years at CHS.

J.D. receiving his diploma.

J.D. the Graduate

Uncle Todd, J.D., & Nana

Papa, Grandma (Kim's parents), J.D., & Grandma A

J.D. & Grandma A

Kim, J.D., & Jeremy

Brenden, Kim, J.D., Jeremy

Maddie, Tyler, Justin

We're very proud of you J.D.!!

Florida!

April 4th - 10th we went to Florida and stayed in a house with a lot of Todd's family.  We took J.T. with us and had a wonderful time!

Easter Sunday

J.T. in his new Easter suit.  :)

We gave J.T. a Bible for Easter.

The church we attended had an Easter Egg Hunt after church.

Back at the house for dyeing Easter eggs......

......and swimming in the pool.

Monday we drove to Cocoa Beach.  J.T. thought the ocean was great!

Tuesday was a full day at Disney World's Magic Kingdom.....fun, fun, fun!

Wednesday we spent the afternoon at the Oasis Club at the complex where the house was located.  J.T. did Build-A-Buddy-By-The-Pool and made Ted E. Bear.

We ate lunch at one of the umbrella tables.

And swam in the Lazy River.

Thursday we played mini-golf at Pirates Cove.